The MFA program was established in 1960 as the first non-disciplinary specific fine art graduate program in the USA. This 2-year, full-time, 60-credit degree program offers seminars in painting, sculpture, photography, media, printmaking, and art theory as well as independent studies with faculty members. The MFA Program in Visual Arts does not require the declaration of a concentration area, thereby cultivating and encouraging a spirit of exploration and experimentation within our graduate population. Students are free to take any of the graduate classes offered in each semester, regardless of class year or self-identified areas of concentration. Activating the full breadth of resources within a major public research university, students may also take courses in other departments and schools at Rutgers.